3. Four Lions - in my eyes an almost perfect black comedy, great performances all round especially Nigel Lindsay
2. Inception - tried to avoid the hype as much as possible, overhyped maybe but still an excellent film
1. Toy Story 3 - speaks for itself

I couldn’t put a list in order for my favourite films of last years but it would definitely include:

Inception, Toy Story 3, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (unfortunately the trilogy goes downhill from there), Of Gods and Men, The Social Network, Down Terrace and Dogtooth, off the top of my head.

All in all a good year for film, but this year hasn’t started off badly at all. True Grit, Black Swan, The Fighter, The King’s Speech and 127 Hours are all fantastic. Seriously fantastic. Especially Black Swan and The King’s Speech.

Worst films of last year, guys? Mine would be Unstoppable and Dinner For Schmucks.

I’m really looking forward to Movie 43 this year (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1333125/). It’s a film consisting on tons of little comedy segments, just take a look at the ridiculously large cast list. Oh and Fincher’s take on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

For all-time great films, that would include The Shawshank Redemption and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

My favourite films ever (and a couple of these are shit films, I just have a tendency to pick those that are quotable)
1. Good Will Hunting
2. Troy3. Alexander
4. Fight Club
5. The Departed

My favourite film of all time. Mainly because its my name and i even got a tattoo of the end quote “Megaos Alexandros” The greatest Alexander of them all.

That film is truly shit, though, from a critic’s point of view. And Colin Farrell’s acting was comical. I liked it for the over the top dialogues, costumes, and bad acting - something that as an Indian, I am both accustomed to, and encourage. The funniest scenes were when Colin Farrell is giving a pre-battle speech, and the camera pans away, and when he’s standing on top of a mountain in Asia berating Craetorus, and says “Because you have fallen in love with the things that destroy men”.

Can someone explain to me why everyone likes the social network? I have never felt as empty as I did after watching that.

I did too, and I can tell you from my experience at Columbia, that is exactly how a lot of Ivy Leaguers are - overambitious to the extent of giving up their friends and social lives for success. But you can’t deny that the film was entertaining, and very topical, seeing how facebook has exploded in the last year or so.

Can someone explain to me why everyone likes the social network? I have never felt as empty as I did after watching that.

I did too, and I can tell you from my experience at Columbia, that is exactly how a lot of Ivy Leaguers are - overambitious to the extent of giving up their friends and social lives for success. But you can’t deny that the film was entertaining, and very topical, seeing how facebook has exploded in the last year or so.

I thought it was a film about a story that is less than half completed to be fair. I tried reading the book to get it, that wasn’t very good either.

Can someone explain to me why everyone likes the social network? I have never felt as empty as I did after watching that.

I did too, and I can tell you from my experience at Columbia, that is exactly how a lot of Ivy Leaguers are - overambitious to the extent of giving up their friends and social lives for success. But you can’t deny that the film was entertaining, and very topical, seeing how facebook has exploded in the last year or so.

I thought it was a film about a story that is less than half completed to be fair. I tried reading the book to get it, that wasn’t very good either.

It was well shot, but no substance IMO

Agreed on that account - it’s not a movie people in the future will watch and wow at.

Can someone explain to me why everyone likes the social network? I have never felt as empty as I did after watching that.

I did too, and I can tell you from my experience at Columbia, that is exactly how a lot of Ivy Leaguers are - overambitious to the extent of giving up their friends and social lives for success. But you can’t deny that the film was entertaining, and very topical, seeing how facebook has exploded in the last year or so.

I thought it was a film about a story that is less than half completed to be fair. I tried reading the book to get it, that wasn’t very good either.

It was well shot, but no substance IMO

Agreed on that account - it’s not a movie people in the future will watch and wow at.

Can someone explain to me why everyone likes the social network? I have never felt as empty as I did after watching that.

I did too, and I can tell you from my experience at Columbia, that is exactly how a lot of Ivy Leaguers are - overambitious to the extent of giving up their friends and social lives for success. But you can’t deny that the film was entertaining, and very topical, seeing how facebook has exploded in the last year or so.

I thought it was a film about a story that is less than half completed to be fair. I tried reading the book to get it, that wasn’t very good either.

It was well shot, but no substance IMO

Agreed on that account - it’s not a movie people in the future will watch and wow at.

Forgot to add Winter’s Bone, Animal Kingdom, Catfish, Rabbit Hole and the truely outstanding Enter The Void, Un Prophete and The Secret In Their Eyes to my earlier list. All in all a hell of a list.

On The Social Network, it’s much more about Sorkin’s script than anything else. The acting was good and the story interesting of course. It’s the deep irony between a socially awkward and pretty unlikeable bloke creating the biggest and most popular social networking tool with revenge, drama, legal battles, personal battles all thrown in. But Sorkin made that film. The same, to a slightly lesser extent, goes with True Grit aswell. The acting is great (in particular the unknown 14-year-old lead) but the best aspect of the film is the Coen Brothers’ script.

My favourite films ever (and a couple of these are shit films, I just have a tendency to pick those that are quotable)
1. Good Will Hunting
2. Troy3. Alexander
4. Fight Club
5. The Departed

My favourite film of all time. Mainly because its my name and i even got a tattoo of the end quote “Megaos Alexandros” The greatest Alexander of them all.

That film is truly shit, though, from a critic’s point of view. And Colin Farrell’s acting was comical. I liked it for the over the top dialogues, costumes, and bad acting - something that as an Indian, I am both accustomed to, and encourage. The funniest scenes were when Colin Farrell is giving a pre-battle speech, and the camera pans away, and when he’s standing on top of a mountain in Asia berating Craetorus, and says “Because you have fallen in love with the things that destroy men”.

It is very entertaining, though.

I didn’t say i thought it was good it just had my name as a title. Some of the script was truly awful but i enjoyed it.

Forgot to add Winter’s Bone, Animal Kingdom, Catfish, Rabbit Hole and the truely outstanding Enter The Void, Un Prophete and The Secret In Their Eyes to my earlier list. All in all a hell of a list.

On The Social Network, it’s much more about Sorkin’s script than anything else. The acting was good and the story interesting of course. It’s the deep irony between a socially awkward and pretty unlikeable bloke creating the biggest and most popular social networking tool with revenge, drama, legal battles, personal battles all thrown in. But Sorkin made that film.

Exactly. The criticism of the film in this thread can be easily contextualised with a wee glance at the culprits’ favourite films of all time.

Forgot to add Winter’s Bone, Animal Kingdom, Catfish, Rabbit Hole and the truely outstanding Enter The Void, Un Prophete and The Secret In Their Eyes to my earlier list. All in all a hell of a list.

On The Social Network, it’s much more about Sorkin’s script than anything else. The acting was good and the story interesting of course. It’s the deep irony between a socially awkward and pretty unlikeable bloke creating the biggest and most popular social networking tool with revenge, drama, legal battles, personal battles all thrown in. But Sorkin made that film.

Exactly. The criticism of the film in this thread can be easily contextualised with a wee glance at the culprits’ favourite films of all time.

Forgot to add Winter’s Bone, Animal Kingdom, Catfish, Rabbit Hole and the truely outstanding Enter The Void, Un Prophete and The Secret In Their Eyes to my earlier list. All in all a hell of a list.

On The Social Network, it’s much more about Sorkin’s script than anything else. The acting was good and the story interesting of course. It’s the deep irony between a socially awkward and pretty unlikeable bloke creating the biggest and most popular social networking tool with revenge, drama, legal battles, personal battles all thrown in. But Sorkin made that film.

Exactly. The criticism of the film in this thread can be easily contextualised with a wee glance at the culprits’ favourite films of all time.

Now, these aren’t necessarily the films that I believe to be the.best, although some of them fit that description. Instead, they’re films that I can watch anytime, that I’ve grown to love on a personal level just from multiple viewings or characters that really hit home- that sort of thing.

Now, these aren’t necessarily the films that I believe to be the.best, although some of them fit that description. Instead, they’re films that I can watch anytime, that I’ve grown to love on a personal level just from multiple viewings or characters that really hit home- that sort of thing.

Now, these aren’t necessarily the films that I believe to be the.best, although some of them fit that description. Instead, they’re films that I can watch anytime, that I’ve grown to love on a personal level just from multiple viewings or characters that really hit home- that sort of thing.

Any recommendations based on my taste would be lovely.

No Boogie Nights ?

Can’t believe it slipped my mind, so yes, Boogie Nights can undoubtedly be added to the list.

Favourite British films:
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Notting Hill
Bridget Jones’ Diary
Bridget Jones’ DIary 2
About a Boy
Love Actually
Basically any film where Hugh Grant plays a charmingly befuddled English gent

Favourite British films:
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Notting Hill
Bridget Jones’ Diary
Bridget Jones’ DIary 2
About a Boy
Love Actually
Basically any film where Hugh Grant plays a charmingly befuddled English gent

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